olympics News Archive
Postpone Olympics until 2022, suggest disease experts
April 20, 2020 —
Among those cautionary voices is Dr. Jason Kindrachuk, UM medical microbiologist and Canada Research Chair in emerging viruses.
Bison player captures bronze with Team Finland
February 21, 2018 —
Third consecutive Olympics for Venla Hovi
WATCH: When does an athlete cross the line into cheating?
August 12, 2016 —
What's fair in competition and what's changed in catching doping?
Quagmire of politics, power, science, individual agendas, and history
August 9, 2016 —
Self-admitted sports geek and Olympic historian talks about the Rio games
Olympian at the helm
August 8, 2016 —
Q&A with Gene Muller, the new director of athletics and recreation, about his professional and Olympic experience
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Bisons in Rio
August 8, 2016 —
Former Bison student-athletes Desiree Scott, TJ Sanders and Tyler Mislawchuk will represent Canada at the 2016 Rio Olympics
WATCH: Technology, competition and the Olympics
August 8, 2016 —
Dean Kriellaars from the College of Rehabilitation Sciences on technology, physical literacy and competition.
CBC: As Canada’s Olympic medal wins have climbed, so have obesity rates
August 5, 2016 —
Dean Kriellaars, an associate professor at the University of Manitoba's Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, was interested in seeing whether there was any relationship between the Olympics and activity levels in the general population
Op-ed: Team Waneek
August 2, 2016 —
Another Olympics gives us a chance to reflect once more upon expressions of nationalism, and to find them troubling
Alumni
Alumnus is a part of a lot of gold at the Olympic Games
February 21, 2014 —
Thirteen of the 221 athletes Canada sent to Sochi this year worked with alumnus Cal Botterill, including Team Jennifer Jones